TOSA (Tour of Smiles Affiliation) is a charitable nonprofit corporation established January 1, 2009 for the purposes of providing special musical instruments, music events and programs as adjunct music therapy
directly benefiting patients.
directly benefiting patients.
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- Founded:
- January 1, 2009
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Tour of SmilesCreated about 3 months ago
Wall PhotosUpdated about 3 months ago
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Events
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- Niswonger Children's Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Tomorrow, February 9 at 2:30pm
Tour of Smiles TOSA Treasurer's report update: The total income for TOSA for the entire year of 2009 = $309. The final accounting for all expenses has not been finalized but the expenses to operate far outweighed the income. Regardless, the tour most go on. The members of the board of directors thanks all who contributed.
Tour of Smiles Another scheduled event of visiting patients in their rooms, performing music for them and giving canjoe instruments to the chronic care patients to keep and use as music therapy.
Time:2:30PM Tuesday, February 9th
Location:Johnson City, TN
Tour of Smiles This is a regularly scheduled event starting out with CanJoe*John seeing patients in the St Jude's affiliated clinic, playing music for them as they receive their treatments and giving canjoe instruments to them to keep for use as music therapy. Then CanJoe*John will make rounds from room to room in the hospital seein...g and entertaining the inpatientsl and where some will also be receiving canjoe iinstruments as well.
Time:2:30PM Tuesday, January 19th
Location:Johnson City, TN
Travis Woodall John, sorry it took me so long to become a fan!! Keep up the great work.
Tour of Smiles Go to www.caringbridge.org/visit/westindietz and read how this family approaches Christmas. Westin is a little friend whose family and he needs all our prayers.
www.caringbridge.org
Please be in prayer for our sweet baby boy. We know that God has many plans for him and we are trusting Him for Westin's complete restoration!
Lydia Morrow A sincere and talented gentleman
Sheila Luster Pless I have worked with Canjoe John and what a wonderful guy. Great spirit, giving and lots of fun.
Tour of Smiles The Tour of Smiles Affiliation, Inc (TOSA) is a charitable nonprofit corporation controlled by a board of directors following rules set forth by the registered bylaws of the corporation. CanJoe*John does not receive a penny of compensation for any volunteer time he spends at children's hospitals or events. The CanJoe C...ompany also donates all canjoe instruments free of charge and none are paid for from any TOSA funds.
Tour of Smiles CanJoe*John will be joining a group of students in Johnson City, TN of the Washington County Elementary School in a special event where the students involved will be bringing, collecting, or making gifts to give to needy and sick children for Christmas. He will be performing special Christmas music for their entertainm...ent and will be helping their cause with motivational story telling as part of their event.
Time:9:00AM Wednesday, December 16th
Location:Washington County Elementary School
Tour of Smiles Various photos of kids (patients) of children's hospitals receiving canjoe instruments to keep and to use as music therapy
4 new photos
Tour of Smiles CanJoe*John met this adorable little 4 year old fella' today while on his "Tour of Smiles". Little "JR" is an inpatient in a children's hospital and he requested that CanJoe*John sit with him and teach him to play on a canjoe. The photo is a little fuzzy but look close, you'll "get the picture".
Tour of Smiles Here's a photo of a group of kids attending a special week long camp. They all have cancer and/or Sickle Cell disease and they are all receiving canjoe instruments to keep and to use for their own music therapy. CanJoe*John is also providing them some canjoe music entertainment as part of the "Tour of Smiles"...
Tour of Smiles CanJoe*John will be visiting patients of the Niswonger Children's Hospital in Johnson City, TN today on his monthly scheduled special events date playing music for individual patients in their rooms and giving the chronic care patients their own canjoes to keep as their own and to play for use as music therapy.
CanJoe*John makes rounds seeing patients in their rooms today.
Time:2:30PM Thursday, November 19th
Location:Niswonger Children's Hospital, Johnson City, TN
Tour of Smiles Musician's simple instrument gives him entry to the Opry and a way to reach sick kids with a message of strength, article from Knoxville News.
Knoxville.com | Musician's simple instrument gives him entry to the Opry and a way to reach sick kid
www.knoxville.com
A stick, a string and a can. These are the only things musician John L. VanArsdall says he needs to put smiles on the faces of area children who are suffering from chronic or terminal illnesses.
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